Album artwork by: Martin Helgren On May 7th, Artillery will release their tenth full-length, X, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of X, a video for the new single, “Turn up the Rage” (produced by Terkel Christensen // Aggressive Artwork), can be viewed at: The previously released single, “In…
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Royal Hunt-Dystopia
Reviewed: February, 2021 Released: 2020, Northpoint Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I have to get this off my chest. This goes out to Royal Hunt and applies to any band. Please check on-line BEFORE you name your album, to see if any other band has the exact same album name. Dystopia.…
Quick Jabs for February 2021
This is a new monthly section where we will post an assortment of shorter reviews for albums that we have checked out or may have missed out on previously. The reviews are short and to the point, thus the tile “Quick Jabs”. Tantivy – Eyes Of The Night January 15th,…
Grumpynators – Guitarist Christian Norgaard
Guitarist Christian Norgaard – Grumpynators Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall Thanks to Fernando Reis International PR at Mighty Music/Target Group for setting up the interview. Promo pictures taken by: John Mortensson. Thanks to Mighty Music for the promo pictures of the band. The new Grumpynators album titled STILL ALIVE recently hit…
PRETTY MAIDS – Maid In Japan
Reviewed: July, 2020 Released: 2020, Frontiers Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP Although it is certainly not a contest, I’m probably the biggest Pretty Maids fan on staff here at Metal-Rules.com. So when the band released their fourth live album, for me it was a no-brainer to review. When I reviewed the…
Testament,Exodus and Death Angel on The Bay Strikes Back European Tour 2020- leg 1 – Amager Bio Copenhagen,Denmark
Testament – Headline The Bay Strikes Back European Tour 2020 – leg 1 – Exodus – special guest Death Angel – support act Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark 6/2 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall Christmas came really early for fans of thrash metal when Testament headed…
STATEMENT “The Hurt” Video Premiere!
New official video from the Danish hard rockers Statement, taken off their latest album “Force Of Life”, released in March 2019 by Mighty Music. Filmed & edited by Kristian “Iver” Iversen. STATEMENT comes from the dusty suburban parts of Copenhagen. This is where their flashy melodic hard rock with…
Steel Panther with support act on Heavy Metal Rules European Tour 2019 – leg 1 – at Amager Bio Copenhagen, Denmark
Steel Panther – Headliner Heavy Metal Rules European Tour 2019 – leg 1 – Wayward Sons – Support Act Amager Bio Copenhagen, Denmark 26/1 – 2020 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall It’s a new year and the first show out for me this decade was Steel Panther’s Heavy…
Pretty Maids – Undress Your Madness
Reviewed: February 2020 Released: 2019, Frontiers Records Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: JP If you go with the theory that, in terms of a music library, what you actually buy and pay for is, by default, your favourite then surely Pretty Maids must be one of my favourite bands of all time. …
Michael Monroe with support act Grand Rezerva One Man Gang European Tour 2019 – leg 1 – High Voltage Copenhagen, Denmark
Michael Monroe – headline act One Man Gang European Tour 2019 – leg 1 – Grand Rezerva – support act High Voltage Copenhagen, Denmark 25/10 – 2019 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall The Finnish legend and Hanoi Rock singer Michael Monroe recently released his brand new solo album…
Volbeat/Baroness/Danko Jones – Glasgow Academy 24th September 2019
Volbeat / Baroness / Danko Jones @ Glasgow Academy 24th September 2019 Review & Photography by Gavin Lowrey
Anoxia – To The Lions
Anoxia – To The Lions Reviewed: October 2019 Released: October 4th, 2019 / Mighty Music Rating: 4.5 / 5 Reviewer: John Haseltine Now we’re talking! The latest modern thrash masterpiece out on the Danish label Mighty Music is upon us. TO THE LIONS is the 3rd full-length offering by Denmark’s…
Copenhell Festival 2019 Refshaleoen Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhell Festival 2019 Refshaleoen Copenhagen Denmark 19-22/6 Live review and pictures by Anders Sandvall For 2019, the Copenhell festival celebrates ten years in hell. As I have visited the festival almost every year, of course, I had to cover this year’s edition as well. I’ve really come to love the…
King Diamond + Batushka @ K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen
King Diamond + Batushka @ K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen 10th August 2019 Review by Kieron Hayes King Diamond. The man needs no introduction, he’s about as legendary a (living) figure in the world of heavy metal as you can get. He’s also been on my must-see concert bucket list for about…
D.A.D. with support act The Sandmen on Mini Tour Denmark 2019 KB Hallen Copenhagen, Denmark
D.A.D. Mini Tour Denmark 2019 The Sandmen – support act KB Hallen Copenhagen, Denmark 12/4 – 2019 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall After a short hiatus, Danish hard rock act D.A.D has back and is out on a short tour through Denmark. During their break the band have…